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Natalie Massenet

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : May 13, 1965

I cry at anything remotely touching - smile at me warmly and I'm off... television also does it, everything from 'X-Factor' to cereal commercials. I cry when I am tired. I also cry when I laugh.

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If you want success, be unique.

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Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.

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I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

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Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

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Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression - with investors, with customers, with PR, and with marketing.

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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

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My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.

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One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my nephew is starting a ready-to-wear brand', and 20 people will turn around and say, 'Is he? Can we invest?' in the same way that, now, if you were to say, 'My nephew is starting a mobile app,' everyone would say, 'Oh, smashing! Can I invest?'

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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

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I think there will be an increasing convergence between content and commerce, that it will be about following consumers instead of making consumers come to you, and I am especially excited about the various platforms that will allow more and more access to customers.

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If you're a teenager in Palo Alto launching an app, you know from the outset how you plan to finance your business.

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I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will be too many of all of them. The strongest ones, the ones who offer the best customer experience, will survive.

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I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.

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I attended private Catholic schools in Paris and Los Angeles through high school.

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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.

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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.

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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.

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I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.

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Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.

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